Asm 246 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

ASM 246 Arizona State University -ASM 246 Midterm Pt. 2 well answeredBecause humans and other primates share many characteristics, other primates provide valuable insights about early humans. - correct answer True Diversity within the primate order helps us understand - correct answer How natural selection shapes behavior. Members of the primate order are characterized by - correct answer A number of shared, derived characters, but not all primates share all of these traits. The strepsi...

ASM 246 Final Study Guide Arizona State University - Questions with complete solution ASM 246: Final Study Guide The first Australopithecus afarensis fossil found at Hadar was which of the following? - correct answer a knee joint The Australopithecus afarensis fossil known as "Lucy" is which of the following? - correct answer 3.2 million years old The hominid footprints at Laetoli preserve evidence of which of the following? - correct answer A human like foot adapted to bipedalism ...

ASM 246 Final Exam Prep Arizona State University - Question and answers already passed ASM 246 Final Exam Prep True or false? Although it has a smaller birth canal and more flaring blades, Lucy's pelvis is more similar to a human pelvis than to a chimpanzee pelvis. - correct answer true When Professor Johanson and his team were working in Ethiopia in the 1970's, they discovered the remains of Lucy at which of the following sites in the Afar Triangle? a. Allia Bay b. Olduvai Gorge ...

ASM 246 Arizona State University -ASM-246 Week 6 questions with answers Neandertals and humans shared their last common ancestor how many years ago? - correct answer 500, 000 years ago The oldest fossils of Homo ergaster are which of the following? - correct answer 1.9 million years old True or false? The brain size of some Neandertal specimens exceeds the size of modern human brains. - correct answer True A typical Acheulean handaxe is which of the following? - correct answer Bifacial ...

ASM 246 Arizona State University -ASM246 Quizzes 1 to 3 questions well answeredWhich of the following can be defined as: "The Study of the whole of the human condition; past, present and future; biology, science, language and culture." - correct answer anthropology Which of the following describes the paleoanthropology practice of walking the landscape looking for fossils on the surface? - correct answer surveying T or F: Humans evolved from chimpanzees - correct answer false T or F: ...

ASM 246 Human Origins (week 4) Arizona State University - Question and answers already passed ASM 246 Human Origins (week 4) Australopithecus afarensis -An early australopithecine from East Africa that had a brain size equivalent to a modern chimpanzee's and is thought to be a direct human ancestor. -Lucy. - Long arms, curved finger and toe bones, evolutionary baggage? - dental arch shape: shallow, little arch, parallel tooth rows, 1 cusps then 2 cusps. Dental arcade how teeth...

ASM 246 Arizona State University -asm246 week 3 correctly answeredWhich of the following is considered by many to be an early anthropoid? - correct answer Eosimias True or false? Fossils of some of the earliest euprimates (i.e., true primates) have been discovered in North America - correct answer true Which of the following describes the dental formula of Aegyptopithecus from the Fayum? - correct answer 2123/2123 The ring of bone that closes the lateral (i.e., outer side) of the orbit ...

ASM 246 Arizona State University -ASM 246 Exam 4 with answers Where did agriculture first start? - correct answer In the near east with wheat and barley around 10 kya How many times did agriculture independently arise? - correct answer Approx. 9-11 times independently, spread from other places frequently What is the name of the region in Syria and Iraq where early agriculture was practiced? - correct answer The fertile crescent Maize is a domesticated form of which plant? - correct ans...

ASM 246 Arizona State University -ASM 246 Human Origins (week 1)Biological /physical Anthropology - correct answer The study of human beings as members of an animal species; genetics, physiology, physical adaptations; osteology, paleoanthropology, primatology, forensics, odontology, etc. Paleoanthropology - correct answer The study of human origins. Common Ancestor - correct answer The shared ancestor of new, different species that arose from one population DNA - correct answer An arran...

ASM 246 Arizona State University -ASM 246 Week 6 verified/passedOne character that defines Homo erectus is the presence of what type of keel? - correct answer Sagittal One of the most surprising discoveries in the field of paleoanthropology is the species Homo floresiensis, which is characterized by which of the following? - correct answer Relatively small cranial capacity compared to other Homo species Cutmarks found on fossilized hominin bones from the middle Pleistocene of Bodo, Ethiopi...